Apple Said Developing Curved IPhone Screens, New Sensors

Apple Inc. is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, said a person familiar with the plans. Two models planned for release in the second half of next year would feature larger displays with glass that curves downward at the edges, said the person, declining to be identified because the details aren’t public. Sensors that can distinguish heavy or light touches on the screen may be incorporated into subsequent models, the person said. With...

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Get drunk without the hangover on Professor Nutt’s pill

A drug that mimics the effect of alcohol without creating a hangover is being developed by a former government adviser A drug that mimics the effect of alcohol without creating a hangover is being developed by a former government adviser. Prof David Nutt said the discovery would lead to a revolution in health. But he needed funding to continue his research. He claimed the drug would do for alcohol what the e-cigarette had done for smoking. He...

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Apple Reportedly Developing Large Curved Screen iPhones For Late 2014, Better Touchscreen Sensors

Apple is said to be working on two curved display iPhone models for the “second half of next year,” according to a source speaking to Bloomberg, with a likely release planned for the third quarter, as well as better touchscreen sensors that introduce fine pressure sensitivity for later devices to be introduced after that. These new iPhones for 2014 would come in 4.7 and 5.5-inch flavors, according to the report, meaning that Apple would be introducing not one, but two different models at the same time, in theory. We’ve seen reports of Apple...

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Check out these new images of Apple Campus 2

Exterior shots of Apple's new Cupertino campus have made the rounds since the project was made public in late 2011. The most popular image shows the circular building, which has been dubbed the "spaceship" campus thanks to its UFO-like shape. A set of newly discovered renderings were spotted in Cupertino's public archives and republished by Wired. The new drawings show off different parts of the campus including the entrance...

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Tailor-made Moto X phones coming to all major US carriers

Motorola will let shoppers on all four big US carriers mint personalized Moto X smartphones, and for just $100. Ending AT&T's exclusivity on custom Moto Xmodels, Motorola will offer personalized versions of its flagship smartphone soon on Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile as well. Better yet, not only does Motorola plan to bring Android 4.4 KitKatto the device in the near future, the Moto X has also dropped to $99.99...

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SCIENCE and RELIGION AGREE! LIFE and Man ARE from CLAY

Topflight boffins say they have discovered that life - or anyway the necessary complex precursor chemicals without which life cannot appear - probably originated in ancient "clay hydrogels". "We propose that in early geological history clay hydrogel provided a confinement function for biomolecules and biochemical reactions," says Dan Luo of Cornell uni in the States. Luo and his colleagues believe that the ancient clay's confinement permitted early amino acids and suchlike to come together and form life, which went on in the end to evolve into...

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Microsoft ships IE11 for Windows 7

Computerworld - Microsoft today released Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for Windows 7, and announced it would soon start pushing it to customers as an automatic update. Three weeks ago, Microsoft signaled that the debut of the final of IE11 was imminent when it shipped a blocking toolkit for enterprise IT departments who wanted to ban the browser from their desktops. "We will begin automatically updating Windows 7 customers to IE11 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE11 Developer and Release Previews,"...

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Speaking more than one language may delay dementia

Speaking more than one language "stimulates your brain all the time," researcher says. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Dementia developed an average of five years later in people who spoke more than one language The effect was seen even in illiterate people, meaning education was not the explanation It's unclear whether learning a second language late in life would help The latest evidence that speaking more than one language is a very good thing...

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Facebook 'likes': The thumb is gone

STORY HIGHLIGHTS The thumbs-up "Like" button on Facebook is no more Websites using the old button will be automatically updated Facebook says new design already giving more results (CNN) -- Pop quiz: What buttons are seen more than 22 billion times every day, embedded on 7.5 million websites? Answer: the Facebook Like and Share buttons, according to new numbers released by the social network. And now these most widespread...

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Apple to offer in-store iPhone repairs, says report

Apple Store employees will be able to replace the screen, camera, speakers, and other parts while you wait, says 9to5Mac. Apple may soon offer in-store repairs for the newest iPhones. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CBS Interactive) Break the touch screen on your iPhone and your local Apple Store may soon be able to replace just the screen rather than charge you for a whole new phone. Apple is prepping its stores to repair and replace parts for the...

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Twitter rises by 92% on first day.

SAN FRANCISCO — There's no other way to put it gracefully . Twitter's first day of trading so far has been a monster. Monster, as in mind-boggling — not scary, like Facebook's IPO flop 18 months ago. The 6-year-old micro-blogging service, fresh off a road show that drove up its stock price two times, stormed out of the IPO gates like a wild-eyed wolverine Thursday. The stock opened at $45.10 a share, after it was priced at $26 late Wednesday.Within minutes, it briefly touched $50. With an initial market valuation of about $35 billion, Twitter...

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iPad Air vs. Retina iPad Mini: Which tablet is right for you?

The iPad Air is here. The new iPad Mini will follow later this month. But how can you choose between two tablets with nearly identical specs? (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Apple's newest iPad, the iPad Air, is finally here -- it's available online and in stores in 42 countries and territories starting today. But before you rush out and order one, remember: this isn't the only iPad. In late November, the second updated Apple tablet of...

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Alien/Ghost/Super human saves life of rickshaw wala

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